David Cobb on Crime

Green Party nominee for President

Criminal justice system permeated with race & class bias

We stand for and an overhaul of our so-called "criminal justice system" which is permeated with racism and class bias. We support the development of a humane criminal sanction system that is genuinely about the rehabilitation of those who have engaged in
anti-social activity, that punishes based on behavior, not race, gender, gender identity or class, and which is based upon alternatives to incarceration except for those who pose a clear danger to society unless incarcerated.

Source: Campaign website, VoteCobb.org, "Issues"
Jul 2, 2004

No private, for-profit prisons

We call for an end to private, for-profit prisons.

Source: Campaign website, VoteCobb.org, "Issues"
Jul 2, 2004

More community policing; more inmate job training

Principles which Cobb supports regarding crime:

Support programs to provide prison inmates with drug and alcohol addiction treatment.

Increase funding for community policing programs.

Reduce prison sentences for those who commit non-violent crimes.

Support programs that provide job training and placement services for at-risk youth.

Source: 2004 Presidential National Political Awareness Test
May 2, 2004

Eliminate the death penalty

Principles which Cobb supports regarding crime:

Eliminate the use of the death penalty for federal crimes.

Support programs to provide prison inmates with vocational and job-related skills and job-placement assistance when released.

Require that crimes based on gender, sexual orientation, and disability be prosecuted as federal hate crimes.

Impose stricter penalties for those convicted of white-collar crimes.

Source: 2004 Presidential National Political Awareness Test
May 2, 2004